MFT Poinsettia and Twofer Trees

We hadn't had rain in at least 4 weeks, so everything was bone dry.  The wildfire smoke was making the air hazardous to breath, so we we've been stuck inside since Labor Day.  Finally a big thunderstorm came with a good amount of rain--such a relief! 

It felt like we were let out of jail as we opened the doors, walked Fritz & just sat outside.  Luckily, there was enough rain that even the lightening wasn't a problem, from what we've heard.  The fires are so big it wasn't enough to put them out, but it certainly helped those on the front lines & some evacuations were lifted.  The recovery will take a long time & our beautiful state won't be the same in my lifetime.

I do have some cards to share, starting with my entry for the MFT Super Star challenge in the CAS category.  I entered via IG, not knowing when I'd get a blog post done.  I'd been wanting to make a felt poinsettia card, so figured I may as well enter.  There's nothing clever or unique about my card, so no chance of winning.  That's OK--it's my kind of card! 

I used MFT Wild Cherry & Jellybean Green felt with the old MFT poinsettia dies.  The center is a white, glittery sticker & the sentiment is from MFT Trim the Tree--a retired set.  I did score a frame which really adds to the look, I think.

Twofer Card Challenge: Trees caught my eye as I love trees & have a lot of tree images in my stash.  However, a lot of them are pretty large & I thought that would make it harder to come up with 2 different designs.  Then I spotted the 2009 Penny Black stamp called Splendor--just what I needed. 

I began with a sympathy card for hubby to send to the family of a relative.  I used an old fashioned stamp positioner so I could use markers & stamp as many times as I needed.  

The grass was done with a wet brush & DI.  I blended just a bit of blue at the top & stamped the sentiment from HA Color Layering Fuchsia.  The vanilla card front was dry embossed with an old Cuttlebug folder.  I added a strip of Classic Kraft & mounted the tree panel with fun foam.

Next I made a Fall Friendship card by stamping the tree 3 times & embossing with an old, copper powder.  

Then I brushed on 2 green DIs & 2 blue DIs.  I used the darker of each shade to add splatters & stamped the Verve sentiment.  I used fun foam to mount the panel to a brown, textured card front after using a stitched rectangle die.

Adding challenge badges with this new blogger is really a pain.  Not interested in having to spend more time to do a blog post.  Guess I'm not going to worry about format.

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